Surgical Oncology Division
Overview
The Division of Surgical Oncology consists of 14 surgeons encompassing the fields of breast, melanoma, head & neck, gynecologic, plastic/reconstructive, thoracic, colorectal, hepatobiliary pancreatic, esophageal, upper gastrointestinal, sarcoma, and urological oncologic surgery. Eight surgeons participate within the cancer center clinics and all are involved in their respective multidisciplinary case conferences and divisional activity.
Multidisciplinary clinics currently include the following disease sites: sarcoma, melanoma, head and neck and gynaecologic oncology.
Teaching
Each division member has a full-time academic appointment with Queen’s University. Teaching activity includes lecturing in the undergraduate oncology curriculum, tutoring in the phase II Problem Based Learning series, phase II clinical skills instruction, active participation in the clinical clerk seminar series and regular contributions to the academic rounds in the departments of Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Otolaryngology and Urology. We are also active in the new Oncology Skills Lab teaching biopsy techniques.
The division of surgical oncology members are all jointly or cross appointed within the School of Medicine at Queen’s University and are active in residency teaching.
Specific surgical oncology clinical and research electives are available for both the undergraduate and resident trainees, including supervision for the undergraduate critical appraisal program. These electives are coordinated through the surgical oncology office.
Several members also serve as national specialty and fellowship examiners through the Royal College and CSSO, and participate as members of their specific residency training program committees.
CME & Professional Development
Members of the division of surgical oncology participate regularly in accredited continuing medical education activities. They are involved with disease specific education for students, family physicians, nurses and others in the form of regular grand round presentations, CME programs and guest lectures at outside facilities.
Surgeons now sit with every disease site group except lymphoma. These multidisciplinary groups meet weekly to discuss patient care, and are fully accredited as category 1 activity by the Royal College.
Research
All divisional members are active in ongoing research. Grants held by division members as either principal investigator or collaborator now total over two million dollars. This activity encompasses basis science, epidemiology, and clinical research.
Leadership/Management/Administration
All members are actively involved in committees and advisory groups both within the department of oncology and within their associated surgical department. Internally, members participate within hospital, cancer clinic and university committees. Externally, all members are active in the executive and/or committee structure of their respective national specialty societies. The division plays an active leadership role and with the provincial surgical oncology program and CCO committee structure. Developments this year include the ongoing work with the provincial wait times and cancer surgery quality initiatives.
| Name |
Specialty
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Jay Engel
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Melanoma, Sarcoma, Breast cancer
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Rob Siemens
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Urologic Oncology
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Jun Kawakami
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Urologic Oncology
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John Jeffrey
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Gynecologic Oncology
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Peter Bryson
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Gynecologic Oncology
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Julie Francis
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Gynecologic Oncology
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Steven Hall
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Head and Neck
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John Davidson
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Melanoma, nonmelanoma, reconstruction
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Ken Reid
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Thoracic
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Diederick Jalink
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HPB/Endocrine
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Hugh MacDonald
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Colorectal
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Paul Belliveau
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Colorectal
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Dale Mercer
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Upper GI/Esophagus
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John Rudan
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Sarcoma
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Ross Walker
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Breast/Endocrine
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Vlad Kratky
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Ophthalmologic Oncology
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Links
www.cancercare.on.cawww.krcc.on.ca
Contact
Division of Surgical Oncology Administrative Office
Ph. 613-544-2631 ext 6651
